Hay-spreader for barns and hay-sheds.



MAQDE MARCE. HAY SPREADER FOR BARNS AND HAY SHEDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2i.i-919.

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To. all whom it concern Be itknown that I, "AEBERTA. DE MARCE, a citizen or the UnitedStates, "residing at Gadott, in the county of Chippewa and State of lvisconsin, have invented a'new and use ful Hay-Spreader for Barns-and Hay-Sheds,

of'which the'followving is specification.

My invention relates to devices for-spreach ing thehay as itis deposited in barns "or sheds, and" the object is; to provide an inexpensive and easily opera-ted device {oft-said kind. a

in the accompanyingdrawing, Figure 1 is a vertical section asonjtheliiie 1= 1 in Fig. 2 of a barnfiequipped with lnyfhaly spreader. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of saidiharn about asonthe line 22 inFig. 1. F 1g. 3'isa portion 6f Fig.1

enlarged and showingamodification. 4: is Fig. 3 further IDOCllfifBCL Frg. Sisailde elevation of tl1et1*aok ra1lf39shown 111"F1g.

4 and the parts mounted onthe' rail. 6 is a section on thelin'e t3"6in*Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing by referen'ceinw merals, 7 designates the fioo13f8theroof, 9 theend walls and 10 the sidewallsofja barn, which may be of any desired size and shape,"or it "maybe a mere shedin which hay is often stored, but forconvenie'nce l have illustrated abarn, the lenfgth ofwhich is abnormally short owing to the limited space on the drawing so it contains only two 1nows,11 and 112 with an intermediate driveway 13 extending through two opposite dbor openingsof which one, 14, is showirinlfig. 2. Upon said driveway orpath ishsually driven a [wagon {b915, with a hay load 16, to'the middle of thebarn ;jthoug"h the pathwaymay also benear oneend ofthebai'n or even outside the barn, near the usualopen door, and hayhoisting device of the ha-r11.

Thevarioushoisting devicesby which the hay is raised frointhe wagon being well known. I will not here describe them but the hay is raised in charges similarto17' and carried by some form of carriage 18, having wheels 19 rolling on a track 20 along the top oi the roof; the carriage heingjlnoired by a rope 21, which extends oversheavesj22 and through guiding hangers 23, below which it "forms a bighit'Q i, @hjy {Winch the operator standing 'on t'he load "dperate the rope and thus move the carriage to and from the different places of the barn, whereupon he pulls a 1'0 e 25 and thereby trips the fork or sling, as the case may be, holding the charge the platform the latt Speeificationof Letters IB-atent; P t t d NQVJ1SSH1Q1Q, Aprilihationfiledlvtay 21,1919. s'rial Mattias-e5. i

than one beveinployed, as will presently be more hilly described.

Nowtocause the dropped hayf to spread as shown at "I-I in Fig. lfeztch platform 26 jotlrnaled at the iniddle hy boxes arenaable'on 'a horizontalba13'28, which has its ends seodred iir'hearings 29fixed upon a lease pla-rilr 130. Sat-id plank, or p1a111;s;10ne-over each mow, o'rover about onehalj.fof"the jbarn, areeaclr supported by braces "31 from thie'roof aboveit, or niay have oneendsecured to; theend wallof the barifby a leat 1 32; in which event the adj aceiit brace 31 may beoinitted5as tothe rightin Fig. 2. The

main idea is to keep the supportingineans fof the-plank out of the way for the h ay and the platform. M

"FijXed upon the outer edge" oreach platforniis a cross shapedstake 26?, and secnred tofthe tilting end of the platform are the ends of'a ro'pe33,having aweight 33 fixed bar 23, the platform may be moved from onernowtoanother by detaching the bar 28 from its stands 29, in which it is siinplyheld by a set-sorew 86, and then by applying the hoisting device to a staple-orejfeB'YQfiXed in ma be transferred tothede siredmew and its her 28 secured in the stands or bearings 29 ofthe new location.

Another way to transfertheplatforin is to have each base plank 30 permanently provided with a 28, and then have the bearings 27 open at the bottom andprovided with cotter-pin 38 close below the bar. By removing and replaoi 11g; said cotter pins, the hearingsinayfhojtransferred with the platform 'fronil one to another ofthe bars 28. In

rail extends from end to'end of the barn, but is provided with a loose portion 39 which is hinged a't tt to swingout of the way for the hay being hoisted; the other end of it is provided with a short arm4'5 adapted to be held by a latch 46 against the side of the web' of the rail and to rest upon the base l 33 and rope 33 tend at all times to hold the platform j in horizontal position and the flange 47 of the rail; .in which position it holds the rail piece 39 as an inserted bridge in thegap of the rail, so that the platform may ridewith the rollers 41 over said gap whenever so desired in moving it along the barn, and after it has crossed the bridge 39*, thelatter is unlocked and'swung out of the way for the hoisting of the hay.

In the operation of the device, the weight platform along the track in a position to re ceive the hay, when the desired place is reached the trip rope 25 is pulled and as the hay drops on the platform, the latter will tilt, possibly till it stops against the edge of the track base 30, and dump thehay toward one sidewall or the other of the barn, and

then the weight 33 will restore the platform to level position and the Weight 3st will pull it toward the operator on the hay load. Whenever this operation by one person becomes insufficient because the hay may not accumulate evenly in both sides of the barn,

an assistant operator is placed on the barn floor or in the hay thereon, and operates the ropes 33 and .34 by hand so as to cause the more exact and-desired placing of the hay as the barn fills up, or at any time when eX- act distribution of the hay is desired. The work of: the assistant operator is of course muchfacilitated by the weights 33 and 3 1, so he needs only to control the action of the ,7 weight 34?, by holding on to the arm of rope 34: having no weight, and as for rope 33, he

signals'the operator 011 the load to pull the trip when the charge of hay is at the desired place, and as the hay drops on the platform,

the assistant operator does not depend on accidental tilting of the platform in either direction but heso pulls the rope33 that the 7 platform tilts in the direction he may desire.

Of course if so desired, the assistant operator may operate said ropes 33 and 3 1 with out any weights attached to them. -This as well as the number of platforms used depends on the size of the barn and other circumstances like scarcity of help to perform labor. In some cases it will be preferable tohave two platforms or one for each mow and thus never transfer any of them acrosd the hoisting passage.

Having thus described my invention, what\ charges of hay from said track, a hay spreading device mounted in the barn below said track and comprising a track base extending in longitudinal central direction of the barn,

the same as the overhead track, one or more track bars mounted upon the track base, a platform fulcrumed in balanced position on said track bar to tilt toward either side of the barn, and means operable from the barn floor for holding the platform level and for tilting it toward either side of the barn.

2. Thestructure specified in claim 1., said track base having upwardly extended hangers securing it to the roof of the barn.

3. The structure specified in claim 1, said track base being wide enough to engage and stop the tilting of the platform after it has been sufficiently inclined to let the hay slide off from it.

4. The structure specified in claim 1, and means operable from the barn floor for moving the platform to different parts of its track.

5. The structure specified in clalm 1, said platform being readily transferable to any part of the said track base in the barn.

6. The structure specified in claim 1, said platform having upon one end means for the charge of hay to engage and move the platform along its track.

7. The structure specified in claim 1, said holding and tilting means for the platform comprising a flexible strand having its ends secured one to each end of the platform and forming a bight suspended within reach of a person standing on the barn floor.

8. The structure specified in claim 7 and a weight fixed to the lowest point of said bight.

9. The structure specified in claim (3, said means for moving the platform along its track, comprising a flexible strand forming a bight which has its arms guided upon the structure of the building and attached to the platform. a

10. The structure specified in claim 9, and a welght secured on-one arm of the bight and tending to hold the platform normally near one end of its track.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALBERT A. DE MARCE. 

